Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-17
". 2. FELrER, MERCHANT.

". =. rEbl6hj hEhCHANT.
Boom the town? Certainly. Why
not? There is everything to back it up.
city with growing trade and widespread
can afford to work up local boom. 1t
will enhance values, this idea of adding to
our suburban population new elements
Why, I've been for that all the time, but
didn't see how to get at it. Yes, it is a
good scheme to have small landed homes,
good roads, easy means to get in and out
Certainly, colonize right here at home,
without lessening our work for all North
ern California. What do | think is the
best way to begin Well, think the Board
of Trade might start it. By the way, one
thing we ought to do is to arouse
the up-country towns to the necessity of
local boards of trade, more especially to
look after strangers the Immigration AS
sociations send out to the counties, and to
give them required information. But that
relates to the whole work of settling the
northern and central parts of the State.
We ought to wake up the home people to
the benefits to follow, helping each other
If one does well, the rest must not de-
preciate his success and cheaper it, but all
help each, and praise each effort, and con-
graduate the newcomer ON his luck in Sc
curing such bargain for home site.
whether we sell to him or our neighbor."
THE WORK oPENs-NATURAL ADVANTAGES
OF OUR LOCATION.
P. E. Plat expressed his views upon the
situation by saying: There's got to be
some public spirit displayed, and those
who have lands in the wake of the on
ward movement must be ready to break
them up into small holdings and sell them.
We have tract of about 200 acres Just
beyond the city limits on the east, which
we have laid out with avenues. and
planted to trees and vines. One of our
firm has built a fine house upon the place,
and it has been generally improved. We
have done this without any purpose of
putting it into the market, but whenever
it is wanted for aiding the boom, or for set
Element in small holdings, we will cut it
up and sell it out. A great wave of pros
perity is at our doors, and we want to be
up and doing and enjoy our share OF it.
There is one great thing to our advantage,
and that is our position as natural rail
road center. We hardly realize this in its
fullnesS, but 1t becomes manifest when we
consider that at least ninety per cent of all
the deciduous fruits going to the East are
gathered to this point by the various rail
road lines, and here made into car or train
loads and billed TO the Eastern destina-
tons. We certainly have great natural
advantages, and we ought to be smart
enough to at least not cripple nature in her
efforts in our behalf"
II. H. LINNELL, JoBBER.
Favor the outside land boom Yes,
sir; Eve always wanted to see that thing
started"
We can coloniZe here, then ~
"Colonize on our outside lands? Yes,
sir. I've been all over the country in my
business for years, and ] know that from
here to Brighton and Florin, and south of
those places, and north and east, too there
is no city that ever had more favorable
environment. No California town ever
had
SUCH OPPORTUNITIES
To thickly settle suburbs"
What is your idea about light railways
to these sections?"
Just the thing. There are no natural
obstacles to be overcome. It's like a floor
almost, and scarcely any cost is involved
but for material, to bring the whole region
within fifteen minutes of the city"
How about putting water on the
lands ?"-
mo trouble at al. There can be plenty
of it had and cheaply, by wells, and lifting
on large or small scales
How about the river"
Yes or by fluming from the river"
Suppose a mine to be discovered in our
why, they'd have water on it in q few
weeks. But one large lifting power would
supply, by that means, the needs of very
wide section.
q" Am l in favor of agitating the thing?
Yes | am. Get the people to understand
it, and go into it and it will return the out
put to this generation tenfold. I've
looked at this thing a long time and know
it is feasible"
You favor getting together and coun-
selling about it?"
Most certainly, those that mean
business. Many OF our capitalists ought
to be seen on it. They stand in their
own light by holding off There's plenty
of means here, if the owners would only
make up their minds to its right use. Such
would lessen taxation and in
crease income. In fact, there is nothing
against the scheme except timidity. But
if the people get together for this purpose
they must not drop it, but make up their
minds to put it through.
A LITTLE CONCERTED EFFORT